April 21, 2021

PCCE and the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network (BWLN), together with the Beyond #MeToo Working Group on Corporate Governance, Compliance, and Risk, co-hosted a panel discussion titled Beyond Diversifying Your Board.  As new rules and regulations governing board diversity grow commonplace, this event explored the next step: how to ensure all board members can exercise their power to effect change and enhance diversity efforts throughout their organizations. The expert panel, moderated by PCCE Executive Director Alicyn Cooley, discussed practical strategies new corporate board members can use to assert themselves and influence the rest of their boards, as well as ways boards can empower their members to effectuate change.

Panelists

• Alicyn Cooley (Moderator), Executive Director, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement, NYU Law
• Lisa Fairfax, Alexander Hamilton Professor of Business Law and Director, GW Corporate Law and Governance Initiative, George Washington University Law School
• Teri McClure, Former member of Executive Management Committee and General Counsel, UPS; Board member, GMS, Inc., JetBlue, Lennar Corporation, and Fluor, Inc.
• Myrna Soto, Former Chief Strategy and Trust Officer, Forcepoint; Board member, CMS Energy/Consumers Energy, Spirit Airlines, Popular Inc., and Ginger